Is it possible to create an indexed view from Xml Data in Sql Server 2008?

Question

I see from the 2005 documentation that you cannot create an indexed view from an Xml column.

Is this possible in 2008 or 2008R2? I can\'t find any documentation saying t

Answer 1

I don't believe this is possible. Without a better explanation of what you are trying to do, one suggestion I can offer is to pull the XML apart before insert (perhaps using an instead of trigger, or doing this shredding at the application layer) and storing the part(s) you want to use for the indexed view in separate non-XML columns.